Pharma: Other News To Note

 Janssen-Cilag International NV, of Beerse, Belgium, part of Johnson & Johnson, said the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use granted a positive opinion recommending approval of Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) for use in combination with prednisone or prednisolone in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) in men who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic after failure of androgen-deprivation therapy and in whom chemotherapy is not yet clinically indicated.